High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 96 - 95: The Sword Is Drawn! The Bloody Storm of the Eighteen-Year-Old Jianghu Begins
Wang Manqi felt Li Yang was becoming more and more distant.
Although things had improved a lot since the beginning, at least now they could chat, and he occasionally replied, which was infinitely better than being ignored before.
But it felt like the two of them were no longer in the same world.
He was a top scorer in the college entrance exam, suddenly becoming someone envied by all from an ordinary person. For his birthday, people even gifted him 60,000 yuan in red envelopes (there were too many messages in Song Yu’s chat logs to screenshot).
Sixty thousand yuan was a number she didn’t even dare to dream about.
She also wished she had such a boyfriend. If only she hadn’t rejected Li Yang back then, if only she had given him a chance...
There were many rumors at school about Li Yang and Jiang Banxia, and she thought that if Li Yang didn’t admit to it, it meant she still had a chance.
But now it seemed there was no chance at all.
The social circles she and Li Yang were now in were too far apart.
Even the one yuan difference in the transfer might represent her losing her last shred of dignity in front of Li Yang.
If she transferred 520 yuan, maybe he would have accepted it.
But she really couldn’t even come up with one yuan. When she asked her girlfriends to lend her money, no one replied.
She was lucky this year. She scored a few more points on the college entrance exam, barely making it to the second-tier university line.
But she could only study at a less reputable second-tier university within the province, without even the right to choose her major, and would certainly be randomly assigned.
So she didn’t apply, waiting instead for the vocational college application phase, and applied to a vocational college in the Capital City.
"Should I... just give up..."
The moment this thought emerged, she became afraid.
Because even if she retook the exam, she wasn’t sure she could get into a decent second-tier university next year. Her potential was capped there.
If she hadn’t impulsively applied to a vocational college in the Capital City and instead applied to a regular second-tier university in the province, she wouldn’t be so conflicted, and would likely have given up.
But now... she had already invested in her studies, and she couldn’t make up her mind.
If she gave up on Li Yang, she definitely wouldn’t go to the Capital City for school. Even if retaking the exam wasn’t very costly, she couldn’t make it to a second-tier university.
Tuition and dormitory fees for a third-tier college average around 13,000 yuan, and living expenses would be over 10,000 yuan a year. She had no money and faced the same predicament as today.
Moreover, even though she hadn’t genuinely dated Li Yang, at least she once had him. After having such an excellent guy, whether she could accept other guys was questionable...
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"Happy Birthday!"
As the family of four raised their glasses, lunchtime began.
Except for Li Likun, the other three were drinking soft drinks.
However, Xue Ning kept glancing at Li Likun’s wine glass, and when Li Likun noticed, he laughed and asked, "Ningning, what’s up? Do you want to drink too?"
Xue Ning quickly shook her head and said, "I don’t know how to drink, I’m just curious."
Li Yang: "..."
You don’t know how to drink? The person who could down a bottle of liquor in one go, claiming not to drink?
Wang Cuiping said from the side, "Alcohol isn’t good, Ningning, don’t drink it. And Yangyang, you’re not allowed to smoke in the future. I gave your dad the pack of cigarettes in your pocket."
Li Yang: "..."
Li Likun said, "Smoking isn’t a big deal, and it helps with making friends in society."
Wang Cuiping immediately retorted, "Is society unlivable if you don’t smoke? Yangyang should focus on studying when he’s at school. If female classmates see him smoking, how’s he going to find a girlfriend? Don’t think I don’t mind you being covered in cigarette smoke all the time. If I could, I’d have kicked you out already."
This small episode didn’t affect the atmosphere of the entire lunch.
Wang Cuiping assured Li Yang to focus on his studies without worrying about family matters, even saying it was okay for him to have a relationship.
She also mentioned that in a couple of months, after he started school, the two of them would go look for work.
Li Yang didn’t say much; he knew the probability of them succeeding in finding work was very low.
After lunch, Xue Ning helped with washing the dishes, which made Wang Cuiping feel like they had found a treasure.
Xue Ning was well-behaved and capable. Having her as an informal daughter felt better than giving birth herself.
In her life, the only thing comparable to this was Li Yang being admitted to Jing University.
Having Xue Ning as a goddaughter was only second to that. That first achievement was unlikely to be surpassed by anything else in this lifetime.
Her own marriage to Li Likun hadn’t brought as much joy; they married because he was handsome, but they hadn’t had a single good day, being forced to separate households just after the wedding, leaving her to raise the kids and make a living at home.
Before Li Yang got into university, she hadn’t enjoyed any good fortune. But even if the future remained tough, her heart was content. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
After two o’clock, Xue Ning said, "Mom and Dad, I’m going back to the apartment to grab some things. If there’s anything you need, I can bring it back later."
Wang Cuiping immediately suggested, "Why not let Yangyang go with you? Are you carrying a lot?"
Xue Ning quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, it’s just some personal clothes and stuff, not much. I’ll be back soon..."
With that, Xue Ning left.
Li Yang was in his room checking market trends, those wealthy women’s accounts had a combined fund of 60 million yuan, with Xiangnu alone having 20 million.
It was only July 8th, and A-shares had consecutively exceeded 600 billion yuan in transactions over six trading days, with countless sums of money flying in the market every day.
Of course, there are bound to be people who lose money, even in a bull market. You can’t stop those who get the can tabs broken; otherwise, the profit-takers wouldn’t have it so easy.
However, as long as external capital keeps flowing in, the bubble will continue to grow, allowing everyone to make money for a period of time.
The game of passing the flower gets more addictive and wild as it goes on.
Currently, there are only over three thousand stocks in A-shares, with nearly 2,600 rising daily.
In theory, it’s hard to lose money no matter what you pick, but cooperating with wealthy women still requires a bit of effort to ensure their money isn’t wasted.
Both parties have an agreement to provide funds in a tiered manner.
Once the seven-person fund reaches one hundred million, they will pay a consulting fee of four million.
When it reaches three hundred million, they will pay a consulting fee of forty million.
If it reaches one billion, they will pay a consulting fee of two hundred and ten million.
The proportions are 10%, 20%, and 30%, respectively.
If the final scale reaches five hundred million, it will fall into the 20% bracket, and Li Yang can receive eighty-four million in fees.
It’s similar to private equity, except the agreement is verbal, and Li Yang doesn’t have the qualification to sign a contract.
The current market alternates between sectors, with the real boom expected in November and December.
In these two months, you can double your money no matter what you buy, which is what ordinary people perceive as a bull market.
Threefold stocks, fourfold stocks are emerging one after another, and newly listed stocks are almost all turned into ’monster stocks,’ and you can’t even open the door without ten consecutive limit-ups.
Now is the stage to slowly expand funds to prepare for a feast in a few months.
At that time, if you have ten billion, it can easily become thirty billion.
It’s also the only time in life when the principal determines the ceiling. If they can grow the sixty million to three hundred million before November, Li Yang might bring over fifty million or even sixty million into the frenzied two months.
As it stands, sixty million is a bit too much. Most stocks can’t support sixty million entering the market, and even putting three to five million into one stock requires caution due to risk.
It’s like in a room; if there’s a mosquito and it doesn’t buzz in someone’s face, there’s usually no problem.
One fly isn’t a big issue either.
But if there’s a big black rat, unless someone is foolish, they’ll know to kill it or drive it away.
For a stock with a circulation value of about fifty billion, two or three million is like a mosquito. Five to six million is like a fly. Over eight million is a big black rat.
There are stocks like this all over the A-shares, and many stocks with market values of over one hundred billion have just about this much circulation value.
Looking at the trading volume, most stocks only trade tens of millions a day. Entering with five to six million is akin to one-tenth of the whole day’s circulation value.
Before they knew it, it was already past four in the afternoon, and Li Yang had picked some stocks when he suddenly heard his mom shouting.
"Yangyang, come out for a moment."
Li Yang put away his laptop and walked out to see his mom anxiously saying, "Ningning said she went back to the apartment to get something, and it’s been over two hours, and she’s not back yet. Take us over to have a look."
"What?"
Yizhong isn’t far from here, just about two kilometers.
Even if she’s walking, she should have been back by now.
"Is her phone unreachable?"
Li Yang quickly asked.
Wang Cuiping replied, "The phone is reachable. I called her after three, and she said she was tidying up the room. I called again just now, but this time she didn’t answer. I don’t know where her apartment is, but you do, don’t you? Let’s go over together and check it out."
Hearing this, Li Yang immediately reassured her, "Mom, don’t worry. I’ll go over and take a look. Maybe she’s busy and left her phone aside. I’ll call you in ten minutes at most."
Saying this, Li Yang headed out.
As he walked, he tried calling Xue Ning.
It connected, but no one answered.
He hailed a taxi on the roadside, and six minutes later, he arrived at the entrance of Yizhong.
Another four minutes passed as he ran four hundred meters and quickly climbed six floors. He finally arrived at Xue Ning’s apartment door.
He took out the key and opened the door, hit by a waft of alcohol.
He saw empty wine bottles on the desk but didn’t see Xue Ning.
"Did she get drunk and run off?"
His first instinct was to head to the bedroom.
The apartment was small, and he entered the bedroom in just a few steps but found no one there.
Yet just then, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from behind and hugged his waist.
Then, he felt a slim and supple body press against his back like a water snake.
Turning his head, he saw Xue Ning with cheeks flushed red and eyes half-closed.
Her hands slowly moved upward, eventually wrapping around Li Yang’s neck, and she gently stood on tiptoe, bringing her rosy lips closer.
There was a hint of wine, a bit of chill, but they were soft.
Just as a sword was newly sheathed, the bloody winds of Jianghu came crashing in at eighteen.
